A cast member of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show. ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' would be his next break, where Gottfried honed his trademark persona.

A cast member of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show. ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' would be his next break, where Gottfried honed his trademark persona.

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Aside from stand-up, Gottfried has also appeared in the ''Problem Child'' movies (with [[John Ritter]]), was a regular on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' with [[Jay Leno]], and ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''. His distinct voice has also been featured as Iago in [[Disney|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin]]'', Mr. Mxyzptlk on ''[[Superman|Superman: The Animated Series]]'', and was the voice of the duck in Aflac commercials. For the latter, in some spots, Gottfried's voice was attached to a [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] animatronic incarnation of the duck.

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Aside from stand-up, Gottfried has also appeared in the ''Problem Child'' movies (with [[John Ritter]]), was a regular on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' with [[Jay Leno]], and ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''. His distinct voice has also been featured as Iago in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin]]'', Mr. Mxyzptlk on ''[[Superman|Superman: The Animated Series]]'', and was the voice of the duck in Aflac commercials. For the latter, in some spots, Gottfried's voice was attached to a [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] animatronic incarnation of the duck.

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Gilbert Gottfried (b. 1955) is a stand-up comedian with a deliberately loud and obnoxious stage persona.

A cast member of Saturday Night Live for the 1980-1981 season, Gottfried appeared in only twelve episodes before being released for a re-tooling of the show. The Cosby Show would be his next break, where Gottfried honed his trademark persona.